The University of Dayton will host a colloquium on “Feminist Pragmatism in Place” Oct. 19-22. The colloquium will be of interest to people working on feminist pragmatist approaches to place, broadly construed, including natural and built environments and spaces of exclusion and belonging in historical and contemporary contexts. A formal call for papers will be issued in the fall.

Plenary Speakers are Lisa Heldke, author of Exotic Appetites: Ruminations of a Food Adventurer and Louise W. Knight, author of Citizen: Jane Addams and the Struggle for Democracy. See more at http://academic.udayton.edu/PeggyDesAutels

Engaged Learning, Research & Practice for a Changing World

This blog is a project of Goddard College's Individualized MA, SIS and HAS programs, featuring the work, research, studies and arts of students, faculty and alumni as they create worlds of change in their communities and beyond.

Read Our Book: Free Download of Teaching Transformation

Teaching Transformation: Progressive Education in Action edited by Lise Weil and Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg with an introduction by Elizabeth K. Minnich, is now available! Featuring over 30 contributors, speaks directly to what faculty member and contributor Sarah Van Hoy calls "undiagnosed visionaries" who find their way to enacting their visions and callings through such an educational experience. Minnich writes of the book, "It is my profound conviction, an increasingly urgent one, that this book -- a volume on teaching by committed, experienced teacher-learners reflecting in depth about their art, their calling, and why it matters -- ought to be read and talked about as widely as possible." Learn more about the book here and how to download it for free or buy a copy.